Dr. Muhammad Iftakhar Alam :: Faculty Profile

Biography

I am currently a Professor of Applied Statistics and Data Science at the Institute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT), University of Dhaka. I earned both my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Applied Statistics from the University of Dhaka. My research journey took shape during my PhD at the School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, where I ...

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Degree Name	Group/Major Subject	Board/Institute	Country	Passing Year
Ph.D.	Statistics	Queen Mary University of London	United Kingdom	2015
Masters	Applied Statistics	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2005
Bachelor	Applied Statistics	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2003

Title	Organization	Location	From Date	To Date
Professor	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	Feb 2023	Present
Associate Professor	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	Jun 2017	Feb 2023
Assistant Professor	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	Aug 2010	Jun 2017
Lecturer	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	Jan 2007	Aug 2010

Research Interest

Subject	Description	Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Statistical computing
Clinical trials
Optimal design
Adaptive design

Project/Research Supervision

Level of Study	Title	Supervisor	Name of Student(s)	Area of Research	Current Completion
Masters	Patient-specific dose finding in seamless phase I/II clinical trials	M. Iftakhar Alam	Shantonu Islam	Clinical Trials	2019
Masters	A two-stage adaptive design for phase II clinical trials	M. Iftakhar Alam	Rezoanoor Rahman	Biostatistics	2019
Masters	Patient-specific dose finding in phase I clinical trials	M. Iftakhar Alam	Monirruzzaman Moni	Biostatistics	2018
Masters	Early stopping in seamless phase I/II clinical trials	M. Iftakhar Alam	Noor Muhammad Khan	Biostatistics	2018
Masters	D-optimal designs for dose finding in phase I clinical trials	M. Iftakhar Alam	Hasan Mahmud	Biostatistics	2017
Masters	Construction of windows for pharmacokinetic sampling	M. Iftakhar Alam	Nigar Sultana	Biostatistics	2017
Masters	Assessing the inter-patient variability in the area under the concentration curve	M. Iftakhar Alam	Syeda Asma Akter	Biostatistics	2016

Project/Research Work

Subject	Project Name	Source of Fund	From Date	To Date	Collaboration
No project/research work is found

Invited Talk

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No invited talk is found

SL	Collaboration & Membership Name	Type	Membership Year	Expire Year
1	International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, Denmark	Member	2014- Till today
2	International Statistical Institute, The Hague, Netherlands	Member	2017-Till today

Journal Article
1	M. Iftakhar Alam, Barbara Bogacka and Steve Coad : A constrained optimum adaptive design for dose finding in early phase clinical trials, Journal of Biopharmaceuticals , 2024 .
2	M. Iftakhar Alam, Nigar Sultana and Humaira Sultana : Prevalence and determinants of discrimination or harassment of women: Analysis of cross-sectional data from Bangladesh, PLOS ONE , vol.19 , no.4 , pp.e0302059. , 2024 .
3	Maisha Maliha Rahman, M. Iftakhar Alam and Mohaimen Mansur : Functional difficulty among young children in Bangladesh: An analysis of nationally representative data, PLOS ONE , vol.19 , no.3 , pp.e0300403 , 2024 .
4	M. Iftakhar Alam and Nigar Sultana : Skilled birth attendants and caesarean sections: a case in Bangladesh, Journal of Public Health , vol.33 , pp.435-443 , 2023 .
5	M. Iftakhar Alam and Shantanu Islam Shanto : Patient-specific dose finding in seamless phase I/II clinical trials, Sequential Analysis , vol.41 , no.3 , pp.367-386 , 2022 .
6	M. Iftakhar Alam, Mohaimen Mansur and Prianka Barman : Early childhood development in Bangladesh and its socio-demographic determinants of importance, Early Child Development and Care , vol.192 , no.12 , pp.1901-1920 , 2022 .
7	Hasan Mahmud Sujan and M. Iftakhar Alam : D-optimal designs for dose finding in phase I clinical trials, Journal of Statistical Research , vol.55 , no.2 , pp.313-334 , 2022 .
8	Rezoanoor Rahman and M. Iftakhar Alam : Stopping for efficacy in single-arm phase II clinical trials, Journal of Applied Statistics , vol.49 , no.10 , pp.2447-2466 , 2022 .
9	M. Iftakhar Alam and Nigar Sultana : Attitudes of Women Toward Domestic Violence: What Matters the Most?, Violence and Gender , vol.9 , no.2 , pp.87-95 , 2022 .
10	Rownak Jahan Tamanna, M. Iftakhar Alam, Ahmed Hossain and Hasinur Rahman Khan : On sample size calculation in testing treatment efficacy in clinical trials, Biometrical Letters , vol.58 , no.2 , pp.133-147 , 2021 .
11	M. Iftakhar Alam and Nigar Sultana : Construction of windows for pharmacokinetic sampling, Austrian Journal of Statistics , vol.50 Austrian Statistical Society , pp.23-37 , 2021 . View More
12	Noor M. Khan and M. I. Alam : Early stopping in seamless phase I/II clinical trials, Pharmaceutical Statistics , vol.20 , no.2 Wiley , pp.390-412 , 2020 . View More
13	Alam, M. I, Coad, D.S. and Bogacka, B. : Combined criteria for dose optimisation in early phase clinical trials, Statistics in Medicine , vol.38 , no.21 Wiley , pp.4172-4188 , 2019 . View More
14	Alam, M.I. and Sultana, Jafrin : Isotonic design for phase I clinical trials: can we improve further?, Austrian Journal of Statistics , vol.48 Austrian Statistical Society , pp.34-44 , 2019 . View More
15	M. I. Alam : Assessing the inter-patient variability in the area under the concentration curve, Journal of Statistical Research , vol.53 , no.1 , pp.27-44 , 2019 . View More
16	Moni, M.M. and Alam, M.I. : Patient-specific dose finding in phase I clinical trials, Journal of Applied Statistics , vol.45 , no.14 Taylor and Francis , pp.2607-2618 , 2018 . View More
17	Alam, M.I. and Mansur, Mohaimen : A dynamic stopping rule for phase I clinical trials, Biometrical Letters , vol.55 , no.1 Polish Biometric Society , pp.17-30 , 2018 . View More
18	Alam, M.I. and Hossain, M.I. : On performance of the 3+3 design and its modified versions for dose finding in phase I clinical trials, Journal of Data Science , vol.15 , no.1 , pp.115-128 , 2017 . View More
19	Alam, M.I., Bogacka, B. and Coad, D.S. : Pharmacokinetically guided optimum adaptive dose selection in early phase clinical trials, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis , vol.117 , no.2017 Elsevier , pp.183-202 , 2017 . View More
20	Alam, M.I. : A comparison between the continual reassessment method and D-optimum design for dose finding in phase I clinical trials, Biometrical Letters , vol.53 , no.2 Polish Biometric Society , pp.69-82 , 2016 . View More
21	M. Iftakhar Alam, Mohaimen Mansur and Prianka Barman : Early childhood development in Bangladesh and its socio-demographic determinants of importance, Early Child Development and Care Taylor and Francis , pp.1-20 , 2021 . View More
22	Hasan Mahmud Sujan and M. Iftakhar Alam : D-optimal designs for dose finding in phase I clinical trials, Journal of Statistical Research , vol.55 , no.2 , pp.313-334 , 2022 . View More

Award Type	Title	Year	Country	Description
International	Conference Award for Scientists	2016	United Kingdom	Received from the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB). I was one of the three early-career researchers from the developing nations to receive this award.
International	Student Conference Award	2013	Germany	Received from the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB). I was one of the three research students worldwide to receive this award.
National	Fazlul Huq Hall Provost Award	2004	Bangladesh	Received for securing the first position in the B.Sc. (Honours) final examination.

Name & designation Dr. Muhammad Iftakhar Alam Professor

Department Institute of Applied Statistics and Data Science Institutes

Email iftakhar@isrt.ac.bd

Phone +880-2-9661900 x8292